Predator UAV Missing Over Iraq

Iraq officials claim
that they have shot down an unmanned, unarmed Predator
RQ-1B UAV. It is unclear yet whether the UAV was actually shot down
or has crashed but the Air Force has confirmed that it is missing. Since
1998 Iraq has fired
on aircraft enforcing the "no-fly zone" over 1,000 times with
little success until now. If
Iraq has downed the UAV, it may be due to recent help
from Chinese technicians who have been assisting Iraq in improving their
surface-to-air weapon installations. More coverage: BBC
News, Associated
Press, CNN.